Kirklees Council's local plan has been eagerly awaited by landowners Farnley Estates.

They revealed earlier this year that they wanted to create Farnley Country Park on their green belt land - but only if they could sell some of it for housing to finance the development.

The land owning family submitted a number of plots across its huge rural estate for consideration by council planners as part of the Local Plan.

On Monday the council revealed the Local Plan locations where it proposes that developers should be able to build the 30,000 homes Kirklees will need over the next 15 years.

The council turned down a number of site submitted to it for the Local Plan - with some of the green belt sites turned down including ones proposed by Farnley Estates.

Bosses of the land owning family have said they will provide the town with a huge country park if they can offset the development costs through land sales.

A public consultation revealed 85% were in favour of the £150m plan.

Farnley Estates have had three sites added to the plan but they are all near the A629 Penistone Road. Other sites deep into the green belt around Farnley Tyas, Thurstonland and Stocksmoor have been rejected.

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Site of proposed huge country park by Farnley Estates in Huddersfield. View of Castle Hill from Hunters Nab

Clr McBride said they could not consider some of the most rural plots.

He said: “Some of their land has been brought forward for housing but obviously we couldn’t allow a major incursion into the green belt in that area.”

Paul Sykes, Farnley Estates Director, said on first look they still believed their ambitious plan was possible: “It would appear that the proposed Farnley Country Park area has been designated a ‘Strategic Green Infrastructure Proposal’, which looks very positive,” he said.

Farnley Estates Director Paul Sykes at the site of a proposed country park hub at the junction of Woodsome Road and Penistone Road, Huddersfield.

“Obviously, we’ll have to look at the plans more carefully and analyse what this really means in terms of Farnley Country Park, especially as no land within the park’s boundary has been designated for housing.

“We look forward to constructive discussion with Kirklees in the months and years ahead to define the nature, scope and means for Huddersfield to have the Farnley Country Park; and to allaying the fears of many people in and around the Park: and building upon the hopes and aspirations of the thousands who support this legacy project.”